The second call of the Yufe4Postdocs (Y4P) programme is offering 22 Postdoctoral positions. Yufe4Postdocs is an ambitious training programme co-funded by Horizon Europe’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme. It is part of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Alliance, which brings together nine young research-intensive universities from across Europe.
YUFE4Postdocs aims to train future proof researchers, building bridges between academia and society. It features a novel evaluation procedure based primarily on qualitative judgement and offers an attractive training including interactive stakeholder engagement seminars and a variety of joint transferable skills training sessions.
The call address candidates in all disciplines that frame their research project in an urban context in the focus domains of ‘Citizens’ wellbeing’ or ‘European Identity’.
Positions are available in the nine YUFE universities:
University of Antwerp (3 positions)
University of Eastern Finland (3)
University of Bremen (2)
University of Cyprus (3)
Maastricht University (4)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (3)
University of Rijeka (3)
Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun (2)
University of Essex (2)
Discover a potential supervisor and co-supervisor in the host research groups in all YUFE universities. Please consult the Inventory below.
Who is eligible
- candidates in all disciplines and from all over the world can apply.
- candidates must have obtained their PhD a maximum of 6 years before the call deadlines (experience outside of research, and career breaks, are taken into account).
- Candidates must comply with the MSCA mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the prospective host university for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.
What is offered
- Attractive employment conditions, including 36-month appointments
- A three-pillar training programme on community engagement, stakeholder interaction, Open Science and Open Innovation
- Personalised supervision and career guidance
- Support from stakeholder organisations involved as Associated Partners. Six business organisations and ten city and regional councils will contribute to the training program.
- Implementation by an EU-wide, experienced consortium
Deadline: 20 December 2023
Webinar about the call
When: 15 November (11.30am CET). Registration is required.